HUNTINGTON -- The Student Environmental Action Coalition is hosting a panel to discuss the historical significance of the Battle of Blair Mountain and current resistance to strip mining.
Titled "Rebels, Red Necks and the Right to Work!", the event will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, March 12, at the Marshall University Memorial Student Center in the Shawkey Dining Room on the second floor.
This event will likely cover social movement organizing, environmental racism and oppression, social justice, Appalachian history, anthropology and archeology.
Chris Green and Brandon Nida will open the discussion with a short presentation on the battle and the effort to unionize West Virginia coal mines. Members of the Blair community will discuss the current movement by Arch Coal to strip mine the land. A specialist in resistance tactics from Radical Actions for Mountain Peoples Survival will offer comment on the movement and compare to other community efforts to resist strip mining.
The Student Environmental Action Coalition has worked on Marshall's campus since 2008. The student group has advocated for recycling in every academic building, renewable energy sources on campus and more responsible consumption while raising awareness of environmental problems.
In 2009, a Green Fee was passed, and Sustainability Department was created to oversee Marshall's greening efforts. The department creates jobs for students on the recycle pick up crew and at the eco cycle bike loan program.
Learn more at www.marshall.edu/wpmu/seac.
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